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Lights in the Sky

  • February 28, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Northern and Southern Lights are auroras, or natural light displays, caused when charged particles from space hit elements in Earth’s atmosphere above the poles. Different elements produce different colors: For example, collisions with oxygen create yellow and green. (Burben / Shutterstock)

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